Unemployment Up Again

[Oche Balboa]

Which is a good move by the Tories

[M H]

Which is a good move by the Tories

What is?

[Oche Balboa]

Reducing benefits

[M H]

Reducing benefits

Is increasing unemployment and the benefit bill as a whole a good idea?

[Oche Balboa]

It a 1 step back for 2 steps forward

[M H]

It a 1 step back for 2 steps forward

I'd have that the other way round. Surely increasing the benefit bill is two steps back?

[Sprocket501]

A complete re-evaluation of how money is spent is what's needed. Withdraw all troops from around the world and cutting the military bill would be a huge start. That money can then be used to offset the other cuts that have been made.

[Oche Balboa]

A complete re-evaluation of how money is spent is what's needed. Withdraw all troops from around the world and cutting the military bill would be a huge start. That money can then be used to offset the other cuts that have been made.

The Troops should stay in Afghanistan, as if they left the taliban would take over within days and 10 years would be wasted

[Noisycrowds]

need to clamp down on people who are claiming stuf like invalidity benefit

i know a woman who claims she cant sit down or stand up to long as gets pains ??? shes on invalidity benefit

strangley sunday morning shes walking round a bootsale for 4 hours ???

fucking amazing

[Oche Balboa]

Scumbags Noisy.

[M H]

Both valid points Sprocket and Noisy.

The benefit system's been abused for years and neither party has got to grips with the problem.

As for our intervention around the world the cost is in the billions and could be redistributed to areas it's most needed.

[Sprocket501]

A complete re-evaluation of how money is spent is what's needed. Withdraw all troops from around the world and cutting the military bill would be a huge start. That money can then be used to offset the other cuts that have been made.

The Troops should stay in Afghanistan, as if they left the taliban would take over within days and 10 years would be wasted

Couldn't give a fuck - cut the losses.

[M H]

There are areas where obvious savings could be made, centralised purchasing being a prime example.

Local authorities, health trusts, education authorities pooling resources and ordering in massive quantities would give them huge power in price negotiations.

[gonk]

A complete re-evaluation of how money is spent is what's needed. Withdraw all troops from around the world and cutting the military bill would be a huge start. That money can then be used to offset the other cuts that have been made.

The Troops should stay in Afghanistan, as if they left the taliban would take over within days and 10 years would be wasted

Couldn't give a fuck - cut the losses.

not our country

dont get me started on cost cutting measures, we paid off 3000 people recently, yet we ferry top brass around the middle east for piss ups.............

[Justin Credible]

one million in...one million out

[Wolflanternbumbag]

The worst is yet to come I'm afraid

True not looking good!

[Safc]

Well that Sprocket looked like a right bell end with his blue underpants on.